Society's expectation regarding the capabilities and intelligence of such systems has also grown. We have become a more complicated society with more complicated problems. As the expectation of intelligent systems rises, we discover many more applications for AI. Additionally, as the difficulty level and computational requirements of such problems rise, there is a need to distribute the problem solving. Although the field of multiagent systems and distributed AI is relatively young, the importance and applicability of this technology for solving today's problems continues to grow.

We applied mobile computing to community support and explored mobile computing with a large number of terminals. This article reports on the Second International Conference on Multiagent Systems (ICMAS'96) Mobile Assistant Project that was conducted at an actual international conference for multiagent systems using 100 personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cellular telephones. We supported three types of service: (1) communication services such as email and net news; (2) information services such as conference, personal, and tourist information; and (3) community support services such as forum and meeting arrangements. After the conference, we analyzed a large amount of log data and obtained the following results: It appears that people continuously used PDAs in their hotel rooms after dinner; email services were used independently of the conference structure, but the load on information services reflected the schedule of the conference. Postquestionnaire data showed that our trial was considered interesting, although people were not fully satisfied with the PDAs and services provided.

The algorithm successfully detects and tracks 11 objects (5 teammates, 5 opponents, and 1 ball) at 30 frames a second. The algorithm determines the position and orientation for the robots. In addition, a Kalman-Bucy filter (Kalman and Bucy 1961) is used as a predictor of the ball's trajectory. This prediction is an integral factor in our robots' control and strategic decisions. Before developing strategic behaviors, the robots need a general control mechanism.

The AAAI-99 Workshop Program (a part of the sixteenth national conference on artificial intelligence) was held in Orlando, Florida. The program included 16 workshops covering a wide range of topics in AI. Each workshop was limited to approximately 25 to 50 participants. Participation was by invitation from the workshop organizers. The workshops were - Agent-Based Systems in the Business Context - Agents' Conflicts - Artificial Intelligence for Distributed Information Networking - Artificial Intelligence for Electronic Commerce - Computation with Neural Systems Workshop - Configuration - Data Mining with Evolutionary Algorithms: Research Directions (Jointly sponsored by GECCO-99) - Environmental Decision Support Systems and Artificial Intelligence - Exploring Synergies of Knowledge Management and Case-Based Reasoning - Intelligent Information Systems - Intelligent Software Engineering - Machine Learning for Information Extraction - Mixed-Initiative Intelligence - Negotiation: Settling Conflicts and Identifying Opportunities - Ontology Management - Reasoning in Context for AI Applications Summaries of 13 of the 16 workshops follow.

This page includes all the AAAI sponsored conferences, conferences presented by AAAI Affiliates, and conferences held in cooperation with AAAI. AI Magazine also maintains a calendar listing that also includes nonaffiliated conferences at www.aaai.org/Magazine/calendar.php. IUI 2009 will be held February 8-11, 2009, on Sanibel Island in Florida, USA. AGI-09 will be held March 6-9, 2009, in Arlington, Virginia USA. AAMAS 2009 will be held May 10-15, 2009, in Budapest, Hungary.

AISB'06 Symposium on Exploration Versus Exploitation in Naturally Inspired Search. Please Help Us Celebrate 50 Years of AI at IAAI-06 Join Us in Boston!

In cooperation with the American Association for Artificial Intelligence The 19th International FLAIRS Conference (FLAIRS 2006) will be held May 11-13 2006, in Melbourne Beach, Florida, USA. Melbourne Beach is on Florida's "Space Coast" (centered around NASA's Kennedy Space Center), and has easy access to Orlando and the Disney World attractions. Submission of papers for presentation at the conference is now invited. Topics of interest are in all areas of artificial intelligence, including: - Foundations: Knowledge representation, Cognitive modeling, Perception, Reasoning and programming, Search, Learning; - Architectures: Agents and distributed AI, Intelligent user interfaces, Natural language systems Information retrieval, Robotics; - Applications: Aviation and aerospace, Education, Entertainment, Medicine, Management and manufacturing, World wide Web; - Implications: Philosophical underpinnings, Social impact and ethics, Evaluation of AI systems, Teaching AI.